Sustainable Solutions for Cold Foods

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ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., recognized winners of its 2011 Sustainable Development Awards, an internal awards program "intended to drive and reward innovative approaches to sustainability that produce tangible business results."

Growth has meant a name change and plant expansion at Gold'n Plump Poultry, St. Cloud, Minn.

The nation's largest retailer has set a goal to cut some 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by the end of 2015.

Want no-cost, low-cost energy savings? It takes an operational “tune-up” says one expert.

Regulations, new technologies keep insulated metal panels in step with green energy efforts, sanitation demands.

ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., said its Lamb Weston sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, La., is the first frozen food manufacturing facility to earn a LEED Platinum certification from U.

New cold lighting technologies offer greater energy efficiency, control.

New cold lighting technologies offer greater energy efficiency, control.

One of Mexico's largest food processors, Mexico City-based Grupo Bimbo, said it has started building a  wind farm large enough to generate 90 megawatts, enough power to supply 100 percent of the electric needs for 65 Bimbo facilities nationwide.

New technologies help cold facility operators effectively shave power costs.